ThonTaddeo said...

ThonTaddeo at 09:52 PM JST - 28th August

Obviously they should each get the solid bar-sype phones that can't easily be broken in half. Why haven't they tried this yet?

Posted in Uno Kanda and husband’s cell phone snapping contest at 09:52 PM JST - 28th August
ThonTaddeo at 09:19 PM JST - 25th August

Rightists have no trouble filming in Yasukuni:

http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=12162#comments

Posted in Don't try filming at Yasukuni Shrine at 09:19 PM JST - 25th August
ThonTaddeo at 05:36 PM JST - 25th August

Being haffu myself and had been raised in Japan..the term "ainu-ko" was used alot.

Ichiroll, the word you're thinking of is "ai-no-ko" (mixed child). It has nothing to do with the Ainu, though there are many mixed Ainu-Yamato people who also struggle with bullying.

Or are you part-Ainu yourself?

Posted in Marie gives the lowdown on being 'half' at 05:36 PM JST - 25th August
ThonTaddeo at 02:48 AM JST - 25th August

BuddhismTech: Good points.

Posted in Noriko Sakai’s love triangle with best friend and husband at 02:48 AM JST - 25th August
ThonTaddeo at 06:55 PM JST - 23rd August

Nigelboy, your source is a bit sneaky as its bias shows through when it uses the phrases 日本の安全のためand 日本の安全にとって, presupposing that the interests of Japan are paramount and that those of the Okinawans coincide with those of mainland Japan.

Calls for Tokyo to "rightfully take back" Okinawa are, from a…

Posted in Transfer of Okinawa-based Marines delayed by housing dispute at 06:55 PM JST - 23rd August
ThonTaddeo at 03:34 AM JST - 23rd August

Come on Tokyo! Grow some nards and do it Philippine-style!! Take back your country!!!

What right has Tokyo to "take back" Okinawa? Tokyo treated the Okinawans like slaves for centuries until WWII, when they switched to using them as human shields.

The only people deciding on whether the US…

Posted in Transfer of Okinawa-based Marines delayed by housing dispute at 03:34 AM JST - 23rd August
ThonTaddeo at 09:53 PM JST - 20th August

The UN doesn't like the "unequal treatment of women in the labor market"?

So they're concerned that 97% of the people who are worked to death (karoshi) and driven to suicide due to overwork (karo-jisatsu) are men, compared to the only 3% that are women?

They're concerned about the fact…

Posted in U.N. urges Japan to do more to eradicate discrimination against women at 09:53 PM JST - 20th August
ThonTaddeo at 09:52 PM JST - 20th August

Great to see them finally cut the price and make a smaller unit -- essential for people living in cramped Japanese apartments!

Even if an original PS2 processor was too expensive, I wish software-based backward compatibility had been brought back. It was in some early 80 GB units in the…

Posted in Sony unveils new, slimmer PlayStation 3 console, cuts prices at 09:52 PM JST - 20th August
ThonTaddeo at 09:08 PM JST - 18th August

Yeah, Himajin, you're scaring us here! I had no idea that there were any "preludes" to the horrible Kobe quake.

And I'm giong down to the Yaeyama islands in two weeks!

Fortunately, on Taketomi, everyone lives right in the middle of the island, and there's little danger of any flooding.…

Posted in Tsunami warnings issued after 2 quakes jolt southwestern islands at 09:08 PM JST - 18th August
ThonTaddeo at 10:23 PM JST - 16th August

Sazae-san is one of the very few things worth watching on television (great for kids), and Arisa Mizuki is beautiful. Looking forward to seeing this!

Posted in Actress Mizuki 'honored' to play popular housewife Sazae at 10:23 PM JST - 16th August